Box label



Nov. 1V8, 1930. A. lsAAcsoN Box LABEL Filed Oct. 10, 1928 Patented Nov.18,-"179330 '1.7i Y i Y i ABRAHAM Isaacson, or Los ANGELES, CALIFORNIA li l Box LABEL.Y Y n i lApplica'qinr nite octptriojieaa. gseriarNo.311,565.'

VMy inventionrelatestoflabels as used-.for one end of the box. Throughthese slots identifyingthemerchandisecontainedina boxr a strip l8'ofpaper, fabric,for:any other i or other receptacle, and While-theinvention flexible materialisfextended so that Ythe ends' isprmarilyj'de'signed u for embodiment inl ofthestrip'are disposed at theinner side of v F; boxes to contain shoes, the principles therelthe box,the intermediate portion of the strip y of may be carried out in themanufacture-of yorftjhat portion disposed at the outer'side of boxes andlabels intended to contain various the box bearingthe usual identifyingindicia` lother articles of merchandise. i I Y `for shoes, 'such asisillustrated" in F ig'. l'.

At the present timeV it is the custom With Thus, ai strip of materialwith its indicia it retailers of shoes notto deliver or hand'to`constitutesthe label foridentifying the shoes 'G0y the purchaser theshoes in the box but to re-V or other` merchandise containedl in the"box. tain the box and merely 'Wrap the shoes lin 'The label orstrip 18is removably secured paper. As a consequence,` the retailers ac- `to thebox by the provision of aimeans Vwhich, cumulate large quantities ofvshoe boxes, and in the present instance,comprisesa` U-shaped .l whichas nonT labeled preclude their reuse member formed of leather or othersuitablel for shoes other than those possessing the material having oneportion 19 permanently same characteristics as the originalin re-Scllled t0 the'innr'side Offtheff-boxn any spectto size, color, etc. t fsuitable mannersuch as bysfstitching, as il-,

I It is a purpose of my invention, therefore, lustrated.Theoth'erjportion Q0 remains lun- Y 20 to provide av label for shoeboxeswhich attachedin respecttojthe box and thus func- 7o is cap-able ofbeingV readily applied to and tions as a tabf. The portionl) is providedremoved from the box Without in any Way yWith theheadele1nent21 ofa-snap fastener, distiguringV or otherwise rendering thebox the tab 20.beingprovided Withy asocket ele-i unfit for reuse vto hold shoesdifferent than ment 220i the fastening member, and Which,

-v those it originally contained. is adapted to engage the head element.for "7.5';

I will describe only one -forinY of label detachably securing the tabinf the closed and box embodying my invention and vvill ,posit-ion;illustrated in Fig'. then point out the novel vfeatures in claims. Inftheapplied positionof the label strip In the accompanying'draiving:185th@ ends'o thestrip a'reextended between 30 Figure 1 is a viewshowing in fragmen'! t-he portions 19Qand 20 and-,are disposedfin 430-taryperspective' a box having app1ied1there .overlapped relation vwith"respectifto' each v to one 'form of label embodying my inven'-.ot-here suchl overlapped portions beingjprotion; o Y Y ,videdvvithlregistering. openings to accom- 2 is a vertical sectional viewtrans. modate the head element 21 so that by moving versely through thebox for Villustrating the the nsocket element `22 into engagementtherey85 manner and means of attaching the label with,';t `he endsoft-hefylabel stripare secured to the box to each other and tothe box soas to maintain Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical sectionaltliestripagainstaccidental displacement. It Y view Ataken on the line 33 ofFig. `1; and will, ofCourse,beunderstood that to remove 40 Fig. l isa horizontal sectional view taken theA label strip it ifsonly necessaryto free 90 on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1. v the tab20 v`vvhen thestrip endscaiibe removed f In the adaptation of my invention to a fromtheheadelement'Zl, y shoe box, the conventional construction of Inpractice, the descriptiveindicia upon box may be employed, it beingnecessary the outer side of thela/bel strip 18j should only to .provideopenings in the box through correspond-to the particularshoes contained95 which the identify-ing labelmaybe extended. in the" box, and ifthese. shoes are' :removed As shown in Figs. land 2, the box comprises`and another pair `substintuted of` al diierent the conventional body 15and top 16, the description, itA4 Willi-be manifest that the. labelformer being provided with a pair of slots strip can be easilyy removedand a new one 17 in the sides thereof at points adjacentsubstituted,havingfdescifiptive'indipiafcorre; v1:00' v spending to thenew shoes placed in the box.

Thus, the box. may be used indefinitely, and each pair o renderingthebox unfit for reuse.

I haif'etoundin practice that it is not necessary tov toi-zn Vtire/enflsot'fthe strip.. 18 ,With openings to receive the head element`2l of .beinadeherein Withoutdeparting Vfrom the spirit ot the invention and thespiritand scope of the appendedrclaiins.r

'Iclaimr @1 1. In combination, a boxliavingopenings thereima labelextendedthroughv they openings so as to have a portionof the labelpre-Vsented tothe outer side of the box, and means Y tor detachably securingthe label to the box. 2. In combination, a box having openings therein,a label extended through the openings so as to have avportion of therlabel pre!` sented to the outer side of the box, and means on the innersideot' the box for detachably securing the label to the box. 8. Incombination, a box havingv openings therein, a labelextended throughtheopenings so as to havea portion of the label presented to the outer sideof the box, and means ioesproperlv identified by theV label, theapplication and removal ot' Vthe Vlabel stri i in no Way disliguring orotherwise n therein, a labelY vstrip extending through the openings toassume a loop. form With a poi tion ot' the strip presented to the outerside ol thevbox vand to lie fiat thereagainst, and means for detachablysecuring the label strip in loop form.

Y 4. :In combination, abox having openings therein, a labelv'eomprisin',:,ff al strip vvof flexible material ext-ended through theopenings so as to havea portion of the strip presented to the'outersideof the box and the ends of the strip disposed` at the inner side ofthebox, 'i an'dlmeans at the inner side of the box engag- ,V ing theends of the strip for detachably securing thestrip tothe box.

' Signed at Los Angelesin the county of Los Angeles andSt-ate otCalifornia this'lirst dayy ofOetober, A. 1351928.12 J

. r r ABRAHAM' isAAesoN.)

for detachably securing the label to the'box comprising coniplementalfasteninglelements one fixedly secured to the -box and the othermovableto engage andrdisengage the first element.

4. In combination, a box label comprising a strip of flexible material,means for clamping the strip'in vloop form Comprising aV member or"flexible material having two portions relatively movable,` and' a"separableV fastener `Ahaving the two elements thereofsecuredrespectively to the two' portions ot' said member. l

therein, a label comprising a strip of flexible material extendedthrough the openings so as to have a portion of the strip presented tothe outer side of the box and the ends of the strip disposed at theinner side of the box, a flexible U-shaped member having one portionsecured to the inner side of the box, and ,v

a separable fastener having the two elements thereof secured,respectively, to the ends of the member, the ends of the label stripbeing received between said portions sov that by causing the fastenerelements to engage each lother the strip ends will be secured by thefastener.

5. In combination, a vbox having openings f 'ilo 6. In combination, abox havingopenings i

